Allison Pearson: “Did you really not know about your husband, Nicola?”

Enjoy (Telegraph, £). An extract:

“… how did Nicola miss the £124,550 Niesmann+Bischoff motorhome parked on her mother-in-law’s drive? Or the astonishing number of posh coffee machines (four) – among them a Miele CM6300 for £1,299 and a Jura Giga 5 Cromo costing £3,232 – almost one for every room in the Sturgeon-Murrells’ neat house in Uddingston, Glasgow.

The small back garden was tended by a Husqvarna robotic lawnmower – £3,070 including installation – when five minutes with a Flymo Hover Vac (£54.99) would do the job. Did the Sturgeon-Murrells harbour fantasies of living amid the rolling acres of Blenheim Palace?

A silver wine coaster for £3,500, a £2,495 jewellery box (for Nicola, surely?), an oak library ladder (£943) without a library and three Wüsthof manicure sets at £193.70 (were they planning to open a nail bar in case the politics thing came unstuck?). Most mysteriously, eight umbrellas for £1,990.50. Any thoughts?

“So, hen, what possessed you to buy the Beatles special edition 14-carat gold fountain pen and rollerball for £1,475? Didn’t you just spend £4,225 on a StarWalker World Time fountain pen and two Montblanc Bohème Noir fountain pens costing £1,407?” “

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2 thoughts on “Allison Pearson: “Did you really not know about your husband, Nicola?”

  1. If she genuinely didn’t see that this high level spending could be a problem, that makes her totally unsuitable for responsible office. If she knew perfectly well, and is lying now it’s all come out, then she’s entirely unsuitable for responsible for responsible office. Either way, it doesn’t look good.

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  2. Thanks Rob. It beggars belief that she didn’t know perfectly well. She’s simply shameless, and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn her ex bought some or all of the things at her behest. As for being “unsuitable for responsible for responsible office”, you’re right, of course, but it’s rather too late for that!

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